Jerl Surratt

Poet

215 Union Street

Hudson, NY 12534

Phone:

917-716-9828

Email:

jerlsurratt@gmail.com

Website:

www.jerlsurratt.com

Author's Bio

Jerl Surratt's poems have been published in The Hopkins Review, Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, The New Criterion, other journals and in two anthologies. His poem "Twilight Time" was awarded the Tor House Prize for Poetry by final judge Marie Howe and The Robinson Jeffers Foundation. Born in rural Texas, he has lived most of his life in and around New York City, writing poems while also working as a writer for and consultant to nonprofit organizations.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Queer Life, Queer Love 2 (Muswell Press, 2023)

Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarians (Alyson Books, 1995)

Journals:

ALBA

Amsterdam Quarterly

Dash Literary Journal

Endymion

Hopkins Review

Kenyon Review

Last Stanza Poetry Journal

Literary Imagination

Minnesota Review

Oyster River Pages

Podium Literary Journal

The Hopkins Review

The New Criterion

Washington Review

Prizes won:

Tor House Prize for Poetry from final judge Marie Howe on behalf of The Robinson Jeffers Foundation.

Finalist for Frontier Poetry's Industry Prize.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

LGBTQ

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Electra, TX

Texas

Raised in:

Hudson, NY

New York

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Last update: Jul 03, 2023